All of Me (A Covington Cove Novel, #2)

by Kelly Moran

A “fantastic”* new romance from the author of Return to Me and "one of the top 10 reads of 2013"**...

For ten months, bestselling novelist Alec Winston hasn’t been able to type a single word, and he’s coming dangerously close to breaching his publishing contract. An invitation from his brother to spend the summer in Wilmington Beach might be just the thing to blast through his writer’s block. Yet Alec discovers more than a spark of inspiration on the sunny sands. He meets an amber-eyed muse who makes him think about much more than books . . .

Faith Armstrong has finally gathered the courage to leave her past behind and accepted a job as a private tutor, hoping for a fresh start on the North Carolina coast. This is the home she’s always longed for—not just a place, but a state of mind. She’s felt invisible her whole life, so the host of new friends and the attention of a sexy author have her head spinning.

But Alec has a secret that could prove this isn’t the life Faith dreamed of after all . . .

* Carla Neggers, New York Times bestselling author
** Kathy Altman of USA Today on The Dysfunctional Test

• ISBN10: 0425276880
• ISBN13: 9780425276884
• Publish Date: 1 September 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425276884

Reviews

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Alec Winston a best selling horror writer has major writers block. His book is due and if he doesn’t get something to his publisher soon he will be in breach of contract. His brother Jake is getting married in their home town of Wilmington Beach NC so he leaves New York and his creepy apartment behind to spend the summer home to try to get his writing juices flowing again

Faith Armstrong is a special needs teacher how leaves her difficult life behind and moves to Wilmington Beach to help tutor a previous student of hers with Downs Syndrome. She longs for a place to call her own and is hoping that Wilmington and Covington Cove is it for her. She is unsure of those around her and is hesitant to make new friends but slowly starts to feel excepted and as she begins to understand what true friendship means she also finds love.

Alec and Faith both come to the table with some heavy baggage but they chose to enjoy each other for the summer until Alec has to go back to New York. For reasons I don’t want to spoil, Alec feels that finding love is a betrayal and has chosen to not deal with issues in his past that could potential impact his future with Faith as well as his career. Faith is naïve and ultimately untrusting of people’s motivation but her sweetness and honesty shines through and not only impacts Alec but all those in Covington Cove.

This is book 2 of a set and I didn’t get a chance to read the first one before writing this review and it wasn’t needed. The back story is perfectly laid out and you see the connection between the characters from the beginning. I enjoyed the writing style with the multiple POV’s and found the mix of heavy story line and humor fantastic. I must have laughed out loud a dozen times through the book as I was tearing up for the pain Faith and Will had experienced. This is the first book of Kelly Moran’s I have read and I am looking forward to not only reading the first book of this series but looking into others.

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